Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,656 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Russel L. Honoré (1947- )
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Katie Beatrice Hall (1938-2012)
US Supreme Court
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(1979) AFL-CIO v. Weber United Steelworkers of America
Ernest Johnson
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Ernest Houston Johnson (1871-1898)

Explore Global African History

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(1967) The Arusha Declaration
William Johnson and Abraham Mensah at the Microphone, 1965, Accra, Ghana, ca. 1965
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Raphael Abraham Frank Mensah (1924-1990s)
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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer
Steve Biko memorial, 1977
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(1972) SASO: Black Students and the University

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Africans and African Americans in China: A Long History, A Troubled Present, and a Promising Future?
U.S. Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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America’s Black Ambassadors: A Historical Snapshot
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Working the Quincy Mill: African American Lumber Mill Workers in Northern California, 1926-1955
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CRITICAL RACE THEORY: A Brief History

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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